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Vietnamese

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:09 pm
by Slava
This article has several language points in it, so I thought you might find it of interest:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23501757

Re: Vietnamese

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:31 pm
by Philip Hudson
Language and culture go together. Respect for the elder seems to play a big role in Vietnamese. There is an Amerind language, I can't remember which one, that has many words for water. Water I can see is one word as are water out of sight, river water, lake water, water in a pot, and so on.

What does the lack of such structures in English tell us about our culture?

Re: Vietnamese

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:16 pm
by Perry Lassiter
We use adjectives a lot, obviating the need for additional nouns?